Broad Ideas with Rachel Bilson & Olivia Allen

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On Broad Ideas, Rachel Bilson is joined by long-time best friend Olivia Allen to talk about sex, mental health, their belief (or lack of) in ghosts, and so much more. They’ll be joined by old friends, young friends, and some friends they haven’t met yet to have fun, casual conversations about the same kind of broad topics you'd find yourself discussing with your girlfriends.

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Introducing Broad Ideas

On Broad Ideas, Rachel Bilson is joined by long-time best friend Olivia Allen to talk about sex, mental health, their belief (or lack of) in ghosts, and so much more. They’ll be joined by old friends, young friends, and some friends they haven’t met yet to have fun, casual conversations about the same kind of broad topics you'd find yourself discussing with your girlfriends. New episodes dropping every Monday!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Yes! Georgie gets an ep!

08/12/2025

1990JSR1990

We all know and love George. So excited he’s a guest host this week!
Plzzz go back

Jan 21

Txzzzy

I loved this podcast but it has gotten increasingly more dull and more parent oriented. A lot of your listeners are not parents! Can we please have some episodes that discuss something else??
honest take

10/17/2025

midnight willows

stop exploiting your ex and his family for personal gain, everyone knows you lied about who fathered your child and seriously stop talking about sex when you’re anti-feminist
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09/25/2025

The Final Rose

Super boring and monotone.

On Broad Ideas, Rachel Bilson is joined by long-time best friend Olivia Allen to talk about sex, mental health, their belief (or lack of) in ghosts, and so much more. They’ll be joined by old friends, young friends, and some friends they haven’t met yet to have fun, casual conversations about the same kind of broad topics you'd find yourself discussing with your girlfriends.